Can we have a double first name without a hyphen?

[BoraThirch]

For example I want Betsy May not Betsy-May, but May is still the first name not middle name. Full name would be Betsy May Louise Smith but first name/called Betsy May.

I wouldn't. Betsy-May Louise, or just Betsy with May and Louise as middle names.

Fwiw, I think Betsy is nice, but it's already quite a 'cute' name iyswim. I think adding May pushes it over the edge into twee (sorry).

Please just drop the May. It's awful.

Please think carefully about including May as a second first name. It's a very very over-used name at the moment.

I don't think you could do what you intend with Betsy May Louise without the hyphen. It just sounds strange.

My dd has two first names (no hyphen) and another middle name as above and it's no issue whatsoever. Sometimes people add a hyphen but I don't take a lot of notice.

I know an adult Anne Marie and no-one would dream of calling her Anne.

Anne Marie is one of the common combinations, so you can get away with that, just like Mary Jane.

You can but you shouldn't

Betsy-May is naff OP. Loads of kids have a -May name, and it will date incredibly badly. Betsy on its own is nice though (prefer Elizabeth then shortened but that may be a step too far). Goes well with Louise. Good luck with your choice

Very common in the Western Isles. Like Katie Morag and Angus Iain and Chrissie Anne and Roddy John.

In my eye's for it to work you need a smoosh name like:
Annamarie/a
Marieanne /a
Marybeth

That sort of thing.

I would guess in that case you would spell her name Betsymay ? I know someone who's child had no hypen in their double first names and eventually they changed it to a hyphen as they were fed up with everyone calling her by just the first name.

I know siblings with no hyphen- think Annelouise and Michaeljohn. All ways called these names.

All the Ellie-May and Candy-Rae girls li know drop the second half by secondary school.

So just do what you like.

The name isn't Betsy May, that's just an example.

I was wondering about the birth certificate, official forms etc - our other children have one first name and two middle names and that wasn't a problem, but would two first names be an issue?

Lisa Marie Presley
Billie Jean King

No hyphens. Everyone calls them both. Sure there are lots of others.

When having DD, XP and I could not decide on names so we went with something like Letitia Sarah Evamay Xp'sname-Myname. It was his third choice, his first choice slightly altered, a mix of both grandmother's names and both our surnames. DD is now 18, and constantly moans about how blardy long her name is, and she's NBU.

Friend called her DD Maryjane, basically it didn't work as well as Mary-Jane would have done, having to explain the spelling is a pain. My cousin was Mary Elizabeth, two names, no hyphen until she went to secondary school where she soon reverted to Mary.

Mrs TP - Appalachians, LOL!

I think if you're going to do it, then drop the third name.

My DD1 has a name like 'Anne Marie' with no hyphen. It was my intention to have both names used, but since the first element of the combination was the name of exH's grandmother, the IL family decided that was her name and they never used the second element. DD1 herself started using the full name in high school and hasn't looked back. I regret not using a hyphen, and I don't care what MN thinks about hyphens.

Sounds naff. My dad has a hyphenated name, but his parents were Mexican, it sounds cool in Spanish. And in French, too.

I was wondering about the birth certificate, official forms etc - our other children have one first name and two middle names and that wasn't a problem, but would two first names be an issue?

Do you live in the UK? I don't know if things have changed, but I know when we registered our DC there were no separate slots on the certificate for first, middle and last name, they were just all written continuously with the surname last and in capitals. So for example something like James Michael Edward BROWN. I don't think there's any legal definition of which name or names are middle names. A lot of forms they'll fill in later in life just ask for the "first two forenames". I know the system is different in America but if you're in the UK I don't think this will present any administrative problems and the only potential problem will be you and your DD getting people to remember what she likes to be called.

Elizabeth is so much more appropriate for an adult than Betsy.